![]() ![]() "I've had people say, 'What, do you own an oil company? I mean, why would you subject yourself to that?' And I always just tell them I'm creating my own nationality," he tells NPR's Scott Simon. And it's about the challenge, complexity and pleasure of raising a large family in a small apartment. ![]() He's now written a book, the title of which comes from one of his children: Dad Is Fat. Jim Gaffigan is a widely acclaimed and traveled comedian - or, as his son once put it, "a stand-up chameleon" - who may be best-known for his routines about American food, like the misery that comes with eating Hot Pockets. But nothing may attract more surprise in the neighborhood than a Midwestern couple and their five children. It's a neighborhood that quite proudly abounds with hipsters, swingers, adults-only shops, men in high heels, and people who mutter to themselves on the street. The comedian and actor lives with his wife, Jeannie Noth Gaffigan, and five children - that's not a typo - in a two-bedroom apartment in lower Manhattan. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Dad Is Fat Author Jim Gaffigan ![]()
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